BF#1
Notable
Brigid Foley
1887–1970Irish nationalist (1887-1970)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Killeagh, Co. Cork
7 famous people were born in Killeagh
At the top of the list is the Irish nationalist Brigid Foley, covered in 3 languages. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. The oldest name on the list belongs to Brigid Foley, born in 1887, the newest to Dyane Connor, born in 1980. The longest list of any town in Co. Cork belongs to Cork, with 712.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brigid Foley
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1887
Brigid Foley
Youngest
1980
Dyane Connor
What stands out about Killeagh’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Killeagh’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
NotableSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Killeagh
Three names lead: Brigid Foley (3 languages), Joe Deane (2) and Bernard Rochford (1).
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Known for
What Killeagh is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Everyone else born in Killeagh
4 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Midleton, with 38.
EBMidleton · 13 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 more
Youghal · 10 kmAnna Haslam & 32 moreJHCloyne · 12 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 18 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 moreHSCastlemartyr · 5 kmHenry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon & 5 moreWCWhitegate · 20 kmWilliam Cosgrove & 3 moreJHTallow · 17 kmJohn Hogan & 2 more
Youghal · 10 kmAnna Haslam & 32 moreJHCloyne · 12 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 18 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 moreHSCastlemartyr · 5 kmHenry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon & 5 moreWCWhitegate · 20 kmWilliam Cosgrove & 3 moreJHTallow · 17 kmJohn Hogan & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Killeagh
Who is the most famous person from Killeagh?
Brigid Foley (Irish nationalist (1887-1970)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Joe Deane and Bernard Rochford.
How many famous people were born in Killeagh?
7 people born in Killeagh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killeagh?
Brigid Foley, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Killeagh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killeagh’s urban area (the CSO’s 2022 urban area), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a county or just “Ireland”, a townland or village we don’t list, another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). A birthplace is placed in a town by its own Wikidata item, its Logainm place name, or a point inside its CSO 2022 outline; a birth recorded only as one of the five cities stays on the city’s page. Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across Irish towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
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- Anna Haslam: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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